CANADALAND

The struggle against Coastal Gaslink was bigger news this week because journalists got arrested. And even CBC can't seem to avoid the wrath of covering WE Charity. Canadaland contributing editor Danielle Paradis co-hosts. 

Links:

• A rare Editor's Note from the CBC on covering WE Charity
• Since the time of recording, the CBC posted on Facebook saying Michael Toledano had been commissioned by CBC's The Passionate Eye to film a documentary at the time of his arrest.
  
  

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Failure to protect hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Violent arrests at Wet'suwet'en and Fairy Creek. And now, Portapique. In recent years, controversy has hounded Canada's storied national police force. Reporter Jane Gerster has made it her mission to understand why these problems are happening, and she says that the Mounties  -  which originated as a paramilitary force to defend Canada's interests in the West -  must grapple with the nature of the institution if they can ever hope to be reformed. 

Further reading:

Jane Gerster's latest piece in the Walrus, “The Dark Side of the RCMP,”

Jane Gerster's story in Vice about Kystle Knott

CBC's Mounties on Duty: A History of the RCMP

The RCMP is Broken by Stephen Maher

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Failure to protect hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Violent arrests at Wet'suwet'en and Fairy Creek. And now, Portapique. In recent years, controversy has hounded Canada's storied national police force. Reporter Jane Gerster has made it her mission to understand why these problems are happening, and she says that the Mounties  -  which originated as a paramilitary force to defend Canada's interests in the West -  must grapple with the nature of the institution if they can ever hope to be reformed. 

Further reading:

Jane Gerster's latest piece in the Walrus, “The Dark Side of the RCMP,”

Jane Gerster's story in Vice about Kystle Knott

CBC's Mounties on Duty: A History of the RCMP

The RCMP is Broken by Stephen Maher

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As British Columbia assesses the damage from the downpour, what is the media's role when disaster strikes? And Jian Ghomeshi's lawyer is back in the news over a controversy but is Jesse too close to the story to critique it? National Observer columnist Sandy Garossino co-hosts. 

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As British Columbia assesses the damage from the downpour, what is the media's role when disaster strikes? And Jian Ghomeshi's lawyer is back in the news over a controversy but is Jesse too close to the story to critique it? National Observer columnist Sandy Garossino co-hosts. 

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On the heels of COP26, Jesse heads back to school as he and his new senior producer, Sarah Lawrynuik, duke it out over whether climate change is either a) boring or b) the most exciting story ever told. Sarah takes Jesse through the psychological factors at play, the history, the politics and the morality of the climate crisis, while making her case for the latter. Will Canadaland move forward with stories about climate change? Listen to find out.

Further reading:

• Washington Post: At COP26, nations speed climate action but leave world still headed for dangerous warming
• Per Espen Stoknes's book What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming
• Katharine Hayhoe's book Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World
• Daniel Kahneman's book Thinking Fast and Slow
• Naomi Oreskes' book Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Climate Change
• Kelly Levin, Benjamin Cashore et al. peer reviewed paper Overcoming the tragedy of super wicked problems: constraining our future selves to ameliorate global climate change
• Carbon Brief breaks down the Nine key moments that changed China's mind about climate change
• Stephen Gardiner's book A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change

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On the heels of COP26, Jesse heads back to school as he and his new senior producer, Sarah Lawrynuik, duke it out over whether climate change is either a) boring or b) the most exciting story ever told. Sarah takes Jesse through the psychological factors at play, the history, the politics and the morality of the climate crisis, while making her case for the latter. Will Canadaland move forward with stories about climate change? Listen to find out.

Further reading:

• Washington Post: At COP26, nations speed climate action but leave world still headed for dangerous warming
• Per Espen Stoknes's book What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming
• Katharine Hayhoe's book Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World
• Daniel Kahneman's book Thinking Fast and Slow
• Naomi Oreskes' book Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Climate Change
• Kelly Levin, Benjamin Cashore et al. peer reviewed paper Overcoming the tragedy of super wicked problems: constraining our future selves to ameliorate global climate change
• Carbon Brief breaks down the Nine key moments that changed China's mind about climate change
• Stephen Gardiner's book A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change

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A veteran Black columnist at The Star calls out Desmond Cole's activism out of nowhere. And CBC officially closes the comment section on Facebook. Writer Ish Aderonmu co-hosts.
Links:

• Ish's award-winning piece in Toronto Life
• The Toronto Star column from Royson James discussed in segment 1 (paywalled) 
• Kate Dubinski's piece on the call for more investment into legal aid
• David Pugliese's piece in The Ottawa Citizen on Canadian officials who met with neo-Nazis in Ukraine
• CBC's announcement on closing Facebook comments

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A veteran Black columnist at The Star calls out Desmond Cole's activism out of nowhere. And CBC officially closes the comment section on Facebook. Writer Ish Aderonmu co-hosts.
Links:

• Ish's award-winning piece in Toronto Life
• The Toronto Star column from Royson James discussed in segment 1 (paywalled) 
• Kate Dubinski's piece on the call for more investment into legal aid
• David Pugliese's piece in The Ottawa Citizen on Canadian officials who met with neo-Nazis in Ukraine
• CBC's announcement on closing Facebook comments

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A new breed of hyper-connected, steroid-abusing, gender-bending, "entitled" thugs are changing the landscape of organized crime in Canada, according to veteran crime reporters Peter Edwards and Luis Najera. Also, the Mexican Cartels are here with them. 

Further Reading: 

The Wolfpack, by Peter Edwards and Luis Najera

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